argentifex
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From argentum (“silver”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈɡen.ti.feks/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪ɪfɛks̠]
Noun
[edit]argentifex m (genitive argentificis); third declension
- (hapax) a worker in silver, silversmith
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 8.62.4:
- […] neque ut aurificem, sic argentificem.
- […] that there is no [term] argentifex ‘silversmith’ like aurifex ‘goldsmith’.
- […] neque ut aurificem, sic argentificem.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | argentifex | argentificēs |
Genitive | argentificis | argentificum |
Dative | argentificī | argentificibus |
Accusative | argentificem | argentificēs |
Ablative | argentifice | argentificibus |
Vocative | argentifex | argentificēs |
References
[edit]- argentĭfex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.